SCOM documentation on supported clouds ?

Question

Hello Team,

We are migrating our infrastructure to cloud. Currently looking into our options , AWS and Azure primarily. Hence wanted to know.

a. Does MS have any documentation on supported Clouds? Does it call out any differences between AWS and Azure for support ability?
b. If Azure Monitor were to be an alternative or a future platform to use, does this provide an advantage over building new in AWS?
c. Are there any advantages when it comes to connectivity or Proximity: i.e. we are monitoring SQL PaaS with SCOM and proximity provides an advantage
d. Have the DBA's detailed any improvements managing SQL instances in Azure versus AWS? Would it be possible to leverage a SQL MI (managed instance) DB or DW?

Please advise.

Answer 1

HI,

a. Does MS have any documentation on supported Clouds? Does it call out any differences between AWS and Azure for support ability?

As far as I know no, for SCOM it does not matter which cloud you use.

b. If Azure Monitor were to be an alternative or a future platform to use, does this provide an advantage over building new in AWS?

Both have good solutions, I suggest you search for a comparison between Amazon's AWS Cloud Watch and Azure Monitor.

c. Are there any advantages when it comes to connectivity or Proximity: i.e. we are monitoring SQL PaaS with SCOM and proximity provides an advantage

It really depends where your workloads are physically located and the network bandwidth between your servers/regions.

d. Have the DBA's detailed any improvements managing SQL instances in Azure versus AWS? Would it be possible to leverage a SQL MI (managed instance) DB or DW?
Better ask this in the dedicated Azure SQL Database forum.

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Best regards,
Leon